PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE REPORT
TUESDAY
8 NOVEMBER
2001
Members present:
Mr Chris Mullin, in the Chair
| Mr David Cameron | Mr Gwyn Prosser
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| Mrs Janet Dean | Bob Russell
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| Mr Humfrey Malins | Angela Watkinson
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| Bridget Prentice | David Winnick
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The Committee deliberated.
The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill 2001: Mr John
Wadham, Director, Liberty, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of
Human Rights Law, Kings College London, Mr Rick Scannell, Chair,
Immigration Law Practitioners Association, and Ms Nicola Rogers,
Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE) Centre, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 November at
a quarter past Nine o'clock.
WEDNESDAY
14 NOVEMBER
2001
Members present:
Mr Chris Mullin, in the Chair
| Mr David Cameron | Mr Gwyn Prosser
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| Mrs Janet Dean | Bob Russell
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| Mr Humfrey Malins | David Winnick
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| Bridget Prentice |
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The Committee deliberated.
The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill 2001: Beverley
Hughes, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mr Iain Walsh
and Mr Robert Whalley, Home Office, were examined.
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 15 November at Four
o'clock
THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER
2001
Members present:
Mr Chris Mullin, in the Chair
| Mr David Cameron | Angela Watkinson
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| Bridget Prentice | Mr Tom Watson
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| Mr Gwyn Prosser | David Winnick
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| Mr Bob Russell |
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Draft Report (The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and
Security Bill 2001) proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 26 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 27 read, as follows:
"We reluctantly accept that there may be
a small category of persons who are suspected international terrorists
who cannot be prosecuted, extradited or deported and therefore
will have to be detained."
Amendment proposed, in line 2, to leave out
from the word "deported" to the end of the sentence.-
(Bob Russell.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 1
| Noes, 5
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| Bob Russell | Mr David Cameron
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| Bridget Prentice
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| Mr Gwyn Prosser
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| Angela Watkinson
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| Mr Tom Watson
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Paragraph 27 agreed to.
Paragraphs 28 to 52 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 53 read, as follows:
"We are not persuaded of the case for removal
of judicial review in decisions made by the Special Immigrations
Appeals Commission."
Amendment proposed, in line 1, to leave out
the word "not" and insert the word "reluctantly".-
(Bridget Prentice.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 4
| Noes, 3
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| Bridget Prentice | Mr David Cameron
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| Mr Gwyn Prosser | Bob Russell
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| Angela Watkinson | David Winnick
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| Mr Tom Watson |
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Paragraph 53, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 54 to [68] read and agreed to.
Annex agreed to.
Resolved, That the
Report, as amended, be the First Report of the Committee to the
House.
Ordered, That the
Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committees (reports))
be applied to the Report.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to
the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee
be reported to the House. - (The Chairman.)
Several Papers were ordered to be reported to
the House.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 November
at a quarter past Ten o'clock.
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